Feral Cooks was developed by Karl and Philip, two foodies who were introduced to each other by their wives while living in Japan. During their five years in the country, their appreciation of the culinary arts only magnified as they learned about Japanese cooking and the painstaking effort chefs put into their art. Philip withdrew from the blog many years ago because of time constraints, so I run it now with occassional posts from guest cooks.
Please note this is, and will remain, an ad-free blog. I don’t want to try to monetize it because it ruins the integrity of the postings and I don’t want to turn Feral Cooks into a job. As such, I don’t post endless introductory information before the recipes in an effort to generate more ad space. Intros are clear and concise, leading straight to the recipes.
Though its roots are in Japan, Feral Cooks is not only about Japanese food. Not even close! Feral Cooks pursue a wide variety of culinary interests, many of which are grounded in a passion for Asian cooking, particularly Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese. What they are not, is tame.
On a more mundane note, I’m an American IT guy who worked in Tokyo for many years. I now live in the US with my official food-taster and wife.
— Karl
*Illustration of Karl and Philip is courtesy of Stefan Marx.
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